“The most important reason not to build the arch, of course, is that it is ugly and un-American. It is fascistic bombast, a militaristic yawp in front of a cemetery that is meant to be a place of respect and rest for the dead and quiet reflection for the living.”
Trump’s obsession with these vulgar memorials to his own vanity is a reminder of the darkness around him, of his hostility to democracy, his loathing of honor, and his disordered mind.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
UPDATE: The Minnesota Supreme Court greenlit a right-wing bid to allow the appointment of bipartisan election judges at all early voting locations in Minneapolis for the midterms.
The Republican request, along with their legal claims, seeks to fuel distrust in elections.
Is there one thing…..one thing, this administration doesn’t fuck up?
Like literally, every part of this government is incompetent. They’re even making the most powerful military in the world look sad and pathetic
I’m starting to think the US is too big. No one body of laws are being enforced across the country. What is good in the northern states is seen as too liberal in the south. And let’s be honest the south really hasn’t risen above racism. And Washington is so dysfunctional
Is this fixable
@timmiller.bsky.social@rokhanna.bsky.social Listening to your discussion on the pod. This isn’t new for IDF or Israel. My son was studying abroad in Cairo 2007 a group went to Israel stayed / toured Palestinian areas. Upon leaving to go to Jerusalem ( without checking any Passports)
an Automatic rifle was shoved in his face and nearly blew his head off - it took much talking from the Egyptian professor to defuse the situation. This is IMO the SOP of the IDF
BREAKING: Bernie Sanders SLAMS Apple's "billionaire Apple CEO Tim Cook's corporate greed" for claiming their new price hikes are "unavoidable," after Apple made $112B in profits and spent $310B on stock buybacks in 2025…
Disgusting. 😎✨
History lesson: we didn't know the horrors that happened in Nazi concentration camps until after soldiers liberated the camps…
Remember that, when ICE refuses to let outsiders into the detention centers.
The people of the Twin Cities win the JFK Profile in Courage award. Thanks to Amb. Caroline Kennedy for the amazing evening and Yusuf, Carolina, Zena & Natalie who accepted the award and represented our State so well at the ceremony! ❤️
In case you were wondering, "as of this writing, the Free Press, which once made untrammeled speech its signature issue, has yet to publish anything about the White House campaign to cancel Kimmel except for a brief news item."
How is this being treated as normal?
A Republican governor is declaring a state of emergency to cancel n ongoing election for Congress. If you think this is ends with redistricting, you are not paying attention.
Clarence Thomas voted against the same laws that helped protect the very rights his own community fought for, turning his back on decades of progress to side with decisions that make it harder for voters to have their voices heard…
WTF is wrong with him?!
So, I read where some police folk were watching the security footage of the shooting.
The "shooter" did not fire a shot.
One agent fired across the path and hit the other agent.
So... to put it more simply... looks like the "shooter" never fired a shot! He just ran through a security checkpoint.
📌Barack Obama was targeted 11 times in assassination attempts during this two terms.
I bet you don't remember any of them because they were handled through proper channels, professionally, and he isn't a whiny bitch.
"The defense of civil liberties and the rule of law is as important today as it was before Saturday night. The true moment of national danger we face is Trumpism, and there is no reason to hesitate or waver in opposition to it."
If you think someone quoting a made up Bible verse understands what he’s doing in the Persian Gulf, think again, says former Navy Commander and MeidasTouch Host Bobby Jones.
There are fewer than a dozen trans people in professional sports.
But there are 62 million straight men visiting a “How To Rape” website…
Guess which group conservatives are worried about…
Guess?!
Less than three hours after the polls closed, Viktor Orban conceded that he lost. Five years after Donald Trump lost the 2020 election, he still falsely claims that he won.
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"The Trump administration cut the agency deeply last year, leaving some forecasting offices short-staffed...
“You’re missing data from the Four Corners region, the northern Plains, part of the central Plains, and that’s where the storms were developing,” he said..."
www.nbcnews.com/weather/torn...
Apple is closing its first unionized store in the country.
Reminder that Apple spent $700B+ on stock buybacks over the past decade.
CEO Tim Cook raked in over $74M in compensation in 2025 — 650 times the median Apple employee's pay.
The greed of union-busters knows no end.
To whoever did this at the #NoKings in Boston: Thank you.❤️
It made me tear up. And we must to be reminded of needless damage to humanity that results directly from the careless, bellicose bluster coming from the Pentagon and White House.
Trump posts that he is signing an executive order to have DHS pay TSA. In effect, Trump just admitted he used the TSA as pawns and could have paid them the entire time.
🚨BREAKING: An exclusive Democracy Docket investigation shows that California sheriff who seized ballots once wrote "Some people should never be allowed to vote." www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...